AD01, AD02

Server Names

AD01, AD02

Description

Active Directory Domain Controller.
This server is responsible for running the Active Directory required for Windows hosting infrastructure.

Density

20,000 Active Directory users.

Minimum 2 are recommended for redundancy.
An additional server is recommended for each additional 8,000 users.

Quantity

2
An additional server is recommended for each additional 8,000 users.

OS

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition SP1 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition SP1 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition SP1 (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition (x64)
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition (x64)
  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition (x64)

Important: Only English versions are supported.

Software

To be installed by customer:

  • OS only

Provisioning System

WPE

CPU

4 core (2 GHz or higher)

RAM

2 GB (4 GB if number of users is more than 20,000)

Disks

Array 1:

  • OS and software

- 2 x 72 GB, SCSI, RAID 1

Disk Partitioning

Array 1:

  • C: 40 GB

- for OS and software

  • D: remaining space (30 GB)

- Active Directory database and SYSVOL shared folder (sizing: ~4 GB for each 10,000 AD users).

  • E: 2 GB

- Active Directory transaction log files

NICs

BackNet